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For the Metallica/Mortal Kombat Fans.....
Ummon:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on September 18, 2008, 12:44:36 am --- As for the Death Metal... you can have it. I cant stand the singers who merely
Scream monotone roars. Lyrics? If there was any, you would never be able to
make them out. Ruins the sound of the entire band.
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Many people have a hard time with timbres that aren't specifically pitched or pitched in a familiar way. Gutteral vocal styles are actually so harmonically rich - which white noise is ultimately harmonically rich and why it seems unintelligible - they easily fit in this category. You can't discern the lyrics, but others can. Hell, there are still rock lyrics from the 70s and 80s I can't totally make out due to their enunciation.
Drummers are almost totally dependent on the music of the other instruments - in this case guitar, though occasionally the bass can be a factor (the latter much more so in rock and such). The simpler the rhythm, the easier they have it, but that also can mean less interesting textures.
Lombardo and Hoglan have chops and they've put in some good stuff in some of the situations they've played, but they're pretty straight-forward players. 4/4 with accents and pretty predictable changes. I was actually pretty impressed with Lombardo on Seasons because you could tell he was expanding. Some good syncopations and unexpected accents. (Hell, Slayer impressed me in general with a sort of 'artsy' style for them and for metal. And then they lost it or something.)
Lars is in this category and he did some good stuff back in the day. Justice was actually boring. His attempts at odd fills and accompaniments just floundered, and then he tried to make up for it with double-kick stuff. Plus his toms sounded weak.
In came Pantera (Cowboys and Vulgar Display) and Sepultura (Arise), especially production-wise. Both of them had killer drum timbres, the toms in particular sounding tough as hell, crisp and defined, and not just like a wooden tom. On that note, Obituary's drummer's snare on World Demise was like a deep marching snare, just blowing your head off without at all clouding the mix. Anyways, both Vinnie and Igor brought new stuff to metal. Especially Igor in Arise. That album wouldn't be epic without the stuff he put on there.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on September 18, 2008, 12:44:36 am --- As for Marty, his stuff is top notch. Ive even heard some of his Solo career stuff,
and its still amazing. Not many are in his league.
Martys solos were always excellent.
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Marty and Jason Becker get me through my work day.
If you've never heard Marty's album Dragon's Kiss, you must! One of my favorite guitar albums and Jason's all over it.
Oh, and Ummon, Vinnie's drums make the drive home from work much better. Nice way to get that aggression out. I'm always drumming along on the steering wheel. :)
And for Lombardo, yeah, Seasons is my favorite Slayer album because of him.
Ginsu Victim:
Speaking of drummers, how about some Mike Portnoy?
brandon:
That was bad ass! That "By Demons Be Driven" part was sweet! I wonder if that was a tribute to Vinnie Paul or trying to one-up him? lol btw, They arent metal drummers but I always loved Sean Kinney,Chad Smith and Danny Carey of course...
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote ---That was bad ass! That "By Demons Be Driven" part was sweet! I wonder if that was a tribute to Vinnie Paul or trying to one-up him?
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Dream Theater do a LOT of covers live, including full albums. I have a bootleg of them doing the complete Master of Puppets. They've also done Number of the Beast, Dark Side of the Moon, and several others.
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